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About this mod
Fix to Triss' quest earrings and a modder resource of those earrings
- Permissions and credits
Fixed them by an accident while messing around, and thought it would be a shame to let them rot on my drive as usual, especially since the fix was requested a few times.
Explanation:
TL;DR
I didn't fix the thing entirely but provided a workaround;
For users:
you can use this mod if you want to fix earrings on vanilla or DLC6 Triss and are fine with manually enabling it mid game.
you can't use this mod to fix earrings along with some other mod altering Triss' appearances via DLC or via edits of her actor file(s):
characters\npc_entities\main_npc\triss.w2ent
quests\main_npcs\triss.w2ent
For modders:
you can use this mod if you want to add fixed earrings to your mod and don't want to fix the mesh yourself.
Modder's resource:
For those who like puzzles and don't value their time much.
unpacked version of modded items:
characters\models\main_npc\triss\model\i_02_wa__triss.w2mesh
characters\models\main_npc\triss\i_02_wa__triss.w2ent
items\quest_items\q401\q401_item__triss_earrings.w2ent
Add these to your mod's files or link this mod as a dependency if you fancy.
Explanation:
Spoiler:
What was wrong: well apparently the i_02_wa__triss.w2ent was using a botched dyngset that's shrinking the mesh a lot, and by pointing the w2ent to your regular double earring dyngset the shrinking was fixed. Also placed the mesh itself closer to the earlobes instead of them hanging mid air.
What is still wrong: I'm not sure how exactly it works, but afaik the earrings are spawned on Triss when she's got them as an item in her inventory (thanks to Koala for the info they shared a few years back). I'm positive earrings the item w2ent is not the characters\models\main_npc\triss\i_02_wa__triss.w2ent, but other one, most likely items\quest_items\q401\q401_item__triss_earrings.w2ent ; I tried a few times, but I'm not sure you can add a working dyngset on that specific w2ent, so you most likely gotta change the way earrings are spawned on Triss and it's waaay more time consuming to fix than what's I'm okay with.
So how to fix: well the most head on method is to manually add them earrings to an npc's appearance slots as you do with other accessories. Problem is that the change is constant, and so Triss would wear them all the time while the mod is enabled. Which then means that to keep the quest continuity, player would have to enable the mod manually as they gave Triss those earrings for her to wear them from this point on. It's also a compatibility nightmare.
Or someone can look deeper into the quest's structure and provide a real fix.
How this "fix" works:
Oh it's just that dumb way I described earlier, the earrings were added as an accessory to all of vanilla Triss' appearances, including Alternative Look ones, while the original mesh was made invisible so that there is no two instances of the same thing.
And you, the player, after you've finished the dialogue of returning an earring to Triss, must save, exit to the main menu, and manually enable the DLC to have pretty animated earrings on.
Or just enable the DLC whenever you want if you simply like 'em earrings.
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What was wrong: well apparently the i_02_wa__triss.w2ent was using a botched dyngset that's shrinking the mesh a lot, and by pointing the w2ent to your regular double earring dyngset the shrinking was fixed. Also placed the mesh itself closer to the earlobes instead of them hanging mid air.
What is still wrong: I'm not sure how exactly it works, but afaik the earrings are spawned on Triss when she's got them as an item in her inventory (thanks to Koala for the info they shared a few years back). I'm positive earrings the item w2ent is not the characters\models\main_npc\triss\i_02_wa__triss.w2ent, but other one, most likely items\quest_items\q401\q401_item__triss_earrings.w2ent ; I tried a few times, but I'm not sure you can add a working dyngset on that specific w2ent, so you most likely gotta change the way earrings are spawned on Triss and it's waaay more time consuming to fix than what's I'm okay with.
So how to fix: well the most head on method is to manually add them earrings to an npc's appearance slots as you do with other accessories. Problem is that the change is constant, and so Triss would wear them all the time while the mod is enabled. Which then means that to keep the quest continuity, player would have to enable the mod manually as they gave Triss those earrings for her to wear them from this point on. It's also a compatibility nightmare.
Or someone can look deeper into the quest's structure and provide a real fix.
How this "fix" works:
Oh it's just that dumb way I described earlier, the earrings were added as an accessory to all of vanilla Triss' appearances, including Alternative Look ones, while the original mesh was made invisible so that there is no two instances of the same thing.
And you, the player, after you've finished the dialogue of returning an earring to Triss, must save, exit to the main menu, and manually enable the DLC to have pretty animated earrings on.
Or just enable the DLC whenever you want if you simply like 'em earrings.
TL;DR
I didn't fix the thing entirely but provided a workaround;
For users:
you can use this mod if you want to fix earrings on vanilla or DLC6 Triss and are fine with manually enabling it mid game.
you can't use this mod to fix earrings along with some other mod altering Triss' appearances via DLC or via edits of her actor file(s):
characters\npc_entities\main_npc\triss.w2ent
quests\main_npcs\triss.w2ent
For modders:
you can use this mod if you want to add fixed earrings to your mod and don't want to fix the mesh yourself.
Modder's resource:
For those who like puzzles and don't value their time much.
unpacked version of modded items:
characters\models\main_npc\triss\model\i_02_wa__triss.w2mesh
characters\models\main_npc\triss\i_02_wa__triss.w2ent
items\quest_items\q401\q401_item__triss_earrings.w2ent
Add these to your mod's files or link this mod as a dependency if you fancy.
Installation & enabling:
Drop modTrissEarringsFix to The Witcher 3/Mods folder
Drop dlcTrissEarringsFix and dlcTrissEarringsDLC6Fix (both or any) to The Witcher 3/DLC folder
You have to have one of these dlcs for mod to take effect.
If you wish to keep the quest continuity, then save your game and exit to main menu as you've finished the dialogue of returning an earring to Triss, and enable the DLC.
If you were using Alternative Appearance for Triss, then please DISABLE (yes, disable) it in DLC list and enable the corresponding Earring Fix DLC instead. This was done so that you had no changes to DLC6 until you've enabled the DLC by hand.
##dlc_triss_earrings_fix is for vanilla Triss;
##option_dlc_triss_alternative_look_earrings_fix is for Alternative Outfit for Triss (DLC6);
If you don't care about quest continuity, enable at any time.
Drop modTrissEarringsFix to The Witcher 3/Mods folder
Drop dlcTrissEarringsFix and dlcTrissEarringsDLC6Fix (both or any) to The Witcher 3/DLC folder
You have to have one of these dlcs for mod to take effect.
If you wish to keep the quest continuity, then save your game and exit to main menu as you've finished the dialogue of returning an earring to Triss, and enable the DLC.
If you were using Alternative Appearance for Triss, then please DISABLE (yes, disable) it in DLC list and enable the corresponding Earring Fix DLC instead. This was done so that you had no changes to DLC6 until you've enabled the DLC by hand.
##dlc_triss_earrings_fix is for vanilla Triss;
##option_dlc_triss_alternative_look_earrings_fix is for Alternative Outfit for Triss (DLC6);
If you don't care about quest continuity, enable at any time.
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My other mods:
Elle Fanning as various characters
Prototype Yen
Bathsebah's Anna Stenger Improevements
Bathsebah's Keira Metz edits
Bathsebah's Book Jaskier
Tomira's Less Potato
Spooky Yennefer
Triss (G)Lorified
Triss (G)Lorified Wardrobe
Legacy Triss Makeover
Somewhat Ciri
My guides and resources:
Skin Editing Notes
Hair Editing Notes and Tutorial